After reading Mr. Toll's blog I find myself in a similar state of mind. As a poor college student, the thought of cheap food is always appealing and sometimes necessary to survive. However, the lack of real flavor and texture may cause one to rethink the cheap food alternative. Although the Kraft cheese product has more ingredients than the average cake, it is somehow cheaper than the genuine alternative. Why this is may be a mystery only food science engineers will be able to solve, but I'm not sure I like it at all. The Kraft cheese is just one example of many in the food industry where the cheap, processed, preservative filled alternative arrives at the store with the much lower price tag. Perhaps an economics major is needed as well to explain this phenomenon to me.
As for Mr. Toll's argument regarding the flavor and satisfaction gained from eating true cheese made with minimal ingredients, I couldn't agree more. Where are the foods of the old days where food wasn't plastic flavored as well as packaged in plastic? Unfortunately I do not see these foods nearly as often anymore, nor can I afford them on a farmhand's salary and pay collegiate bills. My hat is off to you Mr. Toll for noting this travesty at hand in the American food market. Keep up the good work.
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